The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science

From the award-winning author of Revolutionizing the Sciences, a monumental historical account of how we came to see the world through the lens of science

Science is the basis of our assumptions about ourselves and our world, from ideas about our evolutionary past to our conceptions of the vast expanses of space and the smallest particles of matter. In this panoramic book, acclaimed historian of science Peter Dear uncovers the roots of such beliefs, revealing how they constitute a natural ph...